Device for fastening a strap

Abstract

A device is disclosed featuring a buckle removably attached to a size adjustment end portion of a strap having a series of size adjustment holes in the strap. A strap receiving retainer and a hook-like tongue are integrally formed in fixed relation to opposite sides of a frame of the buckle with the tongue extending through a selected hole in the underlying size adjustment strap end portion and through an aperture in a plate attached to an opposite end portion of the strap.

I claim:  
     
       1. A device comprising: 
       a strap having a size adjustment end portion and a first row and a second row of holes formed in the size adjustment end portion of the strap, the second row of holes being aligned with and corresponding to the first row of holes, and  
       a buckle including a frame having a first tongue and a second tongue formed in fixed relation to the frame, each tongue having a first leg extending from one side of the frame toward a second side of the frame opposite its one side, a second terminal leg extending in a direction opposite said second side of the frame, and an intermediate portion interconnecting the legs, the buckle being removably mounted on the size adjustment end portion of the strap with the tongues of the frame projecting therefrom for passage through a selected pair of aligned holes in the size adjustment end portion of the strap for fastening the end portions of the strap in a loop of preselected size.  
     
     
       2. The device of  claim 1  wherein a strap receiving retainer is formed on said second side of the frame in fixed underlying relation to the frame. 
     
     
       3. The device of  claim 2  wherein the retainer includes a pair of spaced opposed arms and a bar interconnecting the arms integrally formed on a concealed back of said second side of the frame with the bar in spaced parallel relation thereto forming a generally rectangular strap receiving slot. 
     
     
       4. The device of  claim 1  further including a plate attached to an end portion of the strap opposite its size adjustment end portion, the plate having a first aperture and a second aperture formed therein in aligned relation to the first aperture, the first and second apertures being registrar with the holes in the first and second rows of the size adjustment end portion of the strap, the tongues of the buckle frame projecting therefrom for passage through a selected pair of aligned holes in the size adjustment end portion of the strap and through the apertures formed in the plate for fastening the end portions of the strap in a loop of preselected size. 
     
     
       5. The device of  claim 4  wherein the plate is in overlying relation to its attached strap end portion adjacent an end of the strap. 
     
     
       6. For use with a strap having a size adjustment end portion with a top row and a bottom row of equally spaced, vertically aligned holes, 
       an adjustable buckle having a generally rectangular open frame defined by upper and lower bars and interconnecting sides for selective positioning on the size adjustment strap end portion,  
       the buckle comprising a pair of spaced apart hook-shaped tongues integrally formed in fixed relation on one side of the frame, the tongues each having a first leg extending in a common direction from said one side of the frame toward a second side of the frame, a second terminal leg underlying the first leg and extending in a direction opposite said second side of the frame, and an intermediate portion interconnecting the legs.  
     
     
       7. The buckle of  claim 6  wherein a retainer is integrally formed on a concealed face of the second side of the frame opposite said one side of the frame, the retainer forming a strap-receiving slot. 
     
     
       8. The buckle of  claim 6  wherein the retainer includes a pair of spaced opposed arms and a bar interconnecting the arms integrally formed on a concealed back of said second side of the frame with the bar in spaced parallel relation thereto forming a generally rectangular strap receiving slot. 
     
     
       9. A device comprising: 
       a strap having a size adjustment end portion and a row of holes formed in the size adjustment end portion of the strap,  
       a plate attached to an end portion of the strap opposite its size adjustment end portion, the plate having an aperture formed therein registrar with the holes in the size adjustment end portion of the strap, and  
       a buckle including a frame having a tongue formed in fixed relation to the frame, the buckle being removably mounted on the size adjustment end portion of the strap with the tongue of the frame projecting therefrom for passage through a selected hole in the size adjustment end portion of the strap and through the aperture formed in the plate for fastening the end portions of the strap in a loop of preselected size,  
       the buckle further including a retainer formed on the frame in fixed underlying relation to the frame for receiving and retaining the end portions of the strap in lapping underlying relation to the buckle.  
     
     
       10. A device comprising: 
       a strap having a size adjustment end portion, a first row of holes and a second row of holes formed in the size adjustment end portion of the strap, the second row of holes being aligned with and corresponding to the first row of holes, and a third row of holes formed in the size adjustment end portion of the strap about midway between the first and second rows of holes, the holes in the third row each being spaced apart a given predetermined distance from a center line projection extending through a selected aligned pair of holes respectively in the first row and second row of holes,  
       a plate attached to an end portion of the strap opposite its size adjustment end portion, the plate having a first aperture and a second aperture formed therein in aligned relation to the first aperture, the first and second apertures being registrar respectively with the first row of holes and the second row of holes of the strap, and  
       a buckle including a frame having a first tongue and a second tongue formed in fixed relation to the frame, the buckle being removably mounted on the size adjustment end portion of the strap with the first and second tongues of the frame projecting therefrom for passage through a selected hole in the first and second rows of holes respectively in the size adjustment end portion of the strap and through the first and second apertures formed in the plate for fastening the end portions of the strap in a loop of preselected size, the first and second tongues of the buckle cooperating with the plate for securing the end portions of the strap,  
       the plate further including a button projecting from the plate about midway between the first and second apertures and spaced from a center line projection therebetween a distance equal to said given predetermined distance, whereby the button is positioned to penetrate the size adjustment strap end portion through a hole in the third row thereof with the tongues of the buckle projecting through the size adjustment strap end portion of the strap and the apertures of the plate to secure the strap end portions.  
     
     
       11. For use in engaging a pair of tongues of a buckle mounted on a size adjustment end portion of a conventional strap having three rows of holes including a top row and a bottom row of equally spaced, vertically aligned holes and a middle row of holes with each middle hole spaced a predetermined distance from a centerline projection of a complementary pair of aligned top and bottom holes in the size adjustment strap end portion, 
       a fastening plate attachable to an end portion of the strap opposite its size adjustment end portion, the plate having first and second apertures in aligned spaced relation to one another corresponding to the spacing between the top and bottom rows of holes in the strap for receiving the tongues of the buckle extending through holes in the size adjustment strap end portion to the plate,  
       the plate further including a third aperture positioned midway between the first and second apertures and spaced from a centerline projection thereof a distance equal to said predetermined distance, and a button mounted in the third aperture of the plate for registering with a given hole in the middle row to engage and secure the size adjustment end portion of the strap.  
     
     
       12. The plate of  claim 11  wherein the plate is generally rectangular and is of arcuate configuration between its opposite longitudinal ends.